Talk:NBR K Class

Edward
Quote: "Edward the Blue Engine from The Railway Series bears a close resemblance to the D34." I think the only resemblance is that they are both 4-4-0s. Does anybody object if I remove this statement? Biscuittin (talk) 13:32, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * It appears to be a personal opinion, rather than encyclopaedic, so it can go.Pyrotec (talk) 17:44, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. Biscuittin (talk) 18:33, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, guys, have slipped-up with this one. According to the Rev Awdry (in his book The Island of Sodor, ...) Edward is "a 4-4-0 of uncertain ancestry, borrowed in 1915 from the Furness Railway...", "...It is generally thought he began life on the Furness as one of their Sharp Stewart 'Larger Seagulls' of 1896..." (Furness Railway K2). According to Edward's own article, the NBR D20 has been identified as a closer match than the Seagulls, and this is mentioned on a particular well-regarded site. Expect to see the 'in fiction' section reappearing in the future -- our younger editors are fond of re-inforcing the links between real and fictional locos. (I usually find it's best to 'get in first', stating the known details. It's easier to defend this.)
 * EdJogg (talk) 01:15, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Splitting Infoboxes
Due to the high complexity of the infobox, should it be split into the subclasses? (D26/D32/D33/D34) Would certainly look neater per infobox, but then we'd have quite a few infoboxes (even if they only showed the change from the first unit, ie D26) Lukeno94 (talk) 09:38, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a problem with several of the articles on NBR locos, due to a misunderstanding of NBR locomotive classification. The letter classifications such as "K Class" were introduced on 1 September 1913, and were merely an indication of power capability, rather like the Midland or LMS would put "class 3P" or similar, so it's not an indication that all the K Class locos are of similar design. A better way of naming Wikipedia articles would have been to use the other NBR classification, the one which identifies by the first loco built, thus:
 * NBR 317 class - LNER Class D26
 * NBR 882 class - LNER Class D32
 * NBR 331 class - LNER Class D33
 * NBR 149 class - LNER Class D34
 * In the last case, these were better known as the Glen class. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:55, 13 March 2011 (UTC)